Protective corner pull for window shades



March 25, 1941. Y SAVAGE v 2,236,453

PROTECTIVE CORNER PULL FOR WINDOW SHADES Filed Oct. 10, 19-10 gywwm J In/ arage Patented Mar. 25, 1941 PATENT OFFICE PROTECTIVE CORNER PULL FOR WINDOW SHADES Jack X. Savage, York, N ebr.

Application October 10, 1940, Serial No. 360,642

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel attachment, a pair of which may be readily applied to the corners of the lower, free end of a window shade, to prevent these corners from being soiled or damaged by these corners being grasped for pulling the shade.

Other objects and advantages of the invention are to provide an article which will be so located on a window shade that it will be invariably grasped for raising or lowering the shade; to provide a device which, if the shade releases accidentally will prevent the lower end of the shade and the shade stick from being wound on the shade roller and possibly damaging the shade; to provide an article which can be constructed of a soft, yieldable material which will not readily slip through the fingers, and which can be colored to correspond to or har- 'monize with the window shade; to provide an 20 article which will weight the shade sufficiently to prevent it from wrinkling, to tend to prevent flapping of the shade, and to cushion the impact of the shade against a window frame should the shade be fiapped by the wind; and to provide an 25 article which may be readily applied to or detached from either end of a window shade and which will prevent the rough edges of the shade stick from snagging curtains or drapes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates preferred embodiments thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the article applied to a corner of a window'shade,

Figure 2 is an edge view in elevation of the article, looking toward the inner, open edge thereof, and showing the article applied,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an edge view in elevation: looking toward the outer, closed edge of the article,

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the shade pull, and

Figure 6 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the invention,

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like 50 or corresponding parts throughout the different views, I designates a portion including a corner of the lower end of a conventional window shade, which shade is turned back and stitched at its lower edge at II to contain a window shade stick I2. These parts are of conventional construction, and are illustrated merely to illustrate the application of the window shade pull,'designated generally I3 and comprising the invention.

The shade pull I3 comprises an elongated member which is provided with a slot I4 which ex- 5 tends from adjacent the lower end I5 of themember I3 through the upper end I6 thereof, and which opens outwardly of the inner, side edge H. The lower portion of the slot I4 is substantially enlarged to form the portion I8 which is adapted to receive an end of the shade portion I I and the end of the stick I2 disposed therewithin. The restricted portion of the slot I4, as illustrated in Figure 1, engages the side edge of the shade III adjacent that portion of the shade which is disposed in the enlarged portion I8. It will be obvious that the member I3 can be applied to or removed from either corner of the shade ID by being moved laterally of the shade and may not be removed therefrom lengthwise of the shade due to the fact that the restricted portion of the slot I4 is too narrow to receive the stick I2 which thus forms an abutment or stop to prevent the member I3 from being accidentally pulled off the end of the shade ID.

The lower end I5 of the shade pull I3 is enlarged, and as best seen in Figure 4, the outer, closed edge I9 of the member I3 tapers from the enlarged end I5 to the restricted, relatively thin end I6. The portion 20, of the member I3, which is adjacent to the edge I1 and above the enlarged end I 5, is relatively thin and forms with the end I5 and the tapered edge I9 the beveled portions 2|. Portion combines with the beveled surfaces 2I to form a finger hold by means of which the shade pull I3 may be grasped for raising or lowering the shade I0.

It is to be understood that a member I3 will be attached to each corner of the lower end of the shade III. The shade pull I3 may be formed of any suitable material including a yieldable material, such as rubber, which will yieldably engage the corner of the shade and which will form a yieldable abutment for the shade.

Various modifications and changes in the construction of the shade pull are contemplated and may be resorted to, as for example, as illustrated in Figure 6, the shade-pull designated generally I3 may be modified in shape so as to have an irregular inner edge I1, and upper end I6. The thickness and taper of the shade pull may likewise be modified, as illustrated in Figure 6 so long as the device is provided with the slot I 4, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 6, having the enlarged lower end I8.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shade pull comprising an elongated member having an enlarged end provided with a recess opening outwardly of one side thereof for receiving an end of a window shade stick and the portion of the window shade disposed therearound, said member being provided with an elongated restricted slot opening outwardly of one side edge thereof, said restricted slot opening outwardly of an end of the member and communicating with said recess for receiving a portion of the side edge of the window shade. v

2. An article of the class described comprising an elongated member provided with a slot, extending from one end thereof to adjacent the opposite end and opening outwardly of one of the side edges of said member, said slot being adapted to receive a corner of the lower end of a window shade for detachably mounting the member thereon.

3. A window shade pull comprising an elongated member of flexible material having a slot extending from adjacent one end thereof through its opposite end and opening outwardly of one side edge of said member, and said slot being provided with an enlarged portion adjacent said first mentioned end and being adapted to detachably engage a corner of the lower end of a window shade and an end of a window shade stick.

4. A shade pull as in claim 3, the first mentioned end of said member being enlarged, the opposite end and intermediate portion of said member being restricted along said aforementioned side edge, and the other, closed side edge of said member being tapered from the enlarged end to adjacent the restricted end thereof.

5. A shade pull comprising an elongated member having a slot extending from adjacent one end thereof through its opposite end and opening outwardly of one side edge for receiving a corner of a lower end of a window shade for detachably mounting the shade pull thereon, and said slot being enlarged at its closed, lower end for accommodating an end of a shade stick.

6. An article as in claim 5, the lower end of the shade pull being enlarged, and said shade pull being formed of a resilient material.

JACK X. SAVAGE. 

